Bedstead.



J. L. McKELLAR.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2. l9l6.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- ATTORNEY JUDSON L. MCKELLAB, OF BROOKLYN, N-EW' YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GASAU-THOMPSON COMPANY, INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

B'EDSTEAD;

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMar; 12, 1918;

Application filed February Z, 1916. Serial No. 75,672.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, JUosoN L. MOKELLAR,

features of a bed of this character, a novel. headsection adapted to be supported inane clined position and to constitute a'continuae tion ofthe bed frame. The spring-of-the bed will preferably be of the well known Diamond fabric and willibe continuous from the foot of the bed to the outer end of the head section, there being no break inthefabric at the adjoining portions-of thebody, of the bed; and. said section, thereby rendering the bed comfortablerin use andconvenlent of manufacture,

The invention. will be,v fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter.-

presented, reference being hadto the accomany1ng drawings, in wh1ch-:

F1 gure 11s aside elevatlon of a couch bed embodying my, invention, the head sectionbeing shown by solid linesin an inclined adjustment and by dotted lines in its normal horizontal position;

Fig. 2 is a top view,,partly brokenaway, of the same, the head section beingshown in its horizontal position;

Fig. 3 is an end view, on a-larger scale, of

the bed, with the head section shown inits inclined position, and

Fig. 4: is a horizontal section through a portion of the bed, taken on the dotted line of Fig. 3. p

In the drawings, 10 designates the side rails of the main body portion of the bed, 11 the foot rail, and 12 the main supporting legs of the bed, said rails 10, 11 preferably being of angle iron formation and the upper ends of said legs being preferably riveted to the vertical flanges of the rails 10. The side rails 10 support the spring fabric 13 and are themselves .connected by transverse rods 14, 15, which bow downwardly suitably below the fabric 13 and at their ends are riveted to the horizontal flanges of the rails 10. The rod 15 is closely adjacent to theinner ends of the rails 10 and also to the inner ends of the side rails 16 for the head section 17, the ends of said rod 15 thus being at'the joint between the body portion ofthe bed and :the head section 17 in which location the rod 15 is of considerable value in notonly connecting the side rails 10 but in imparting strength to the bed at the point where the head section joins the body portion thereof. The side rails 10 extend outwardly beyond the inner edge ofthe head section 17 as at 18, and the legs at the head of the bed are riveted to the sections 18 of the rails 10. The sections 18 of the side ra ls afford supports for the head section 17 when the latter is inits horizontal position, as shown 1nF1g. 1

The head section 17 comprises the side rails 16 and an outer end rail 19, and the spring fabric 13 extends continuously from adjacent to the foot rail 11 tothe rail 19. The side rails 16 are pivot-ally secured, as at 20., to the vertical flanges of the siderails 10 in line with theendsof thebar 15, andthe,

horizontal flanges of the side rails lj6-are cut away, as at 21,;for the purpose ofpermitting the head section 17 to be turned downwardly upon the rivets, 20 into close. alinement with the horizontal flanges of the rails 10 and at the points where said flanges of the-rails 10' are partly cut away to form the extending sections 18 of said rails 10, as indicated in Fig, The side rails 16 and'endraillQ of the head section 17 may be made in one continuous piece'of angle iron.

The side rails 16 of the head section 17 have pivotally secured to them, as at 22, the upper ends of toothed bars 23, which are connected together so as to have simultaneous movement by a bar 24L (Fig. 3). The lower ends of the bars 28 are deflected at an angle to the body portion of said bars and such deflected portions of the bars 23 are provided in their lower edge with teeth 25 adapted to engage upon the upper edge of an angle iron bar 26, which extends transversely between and is secured at its ends to the head legs 12. The ends of the bar 26 are riveted to the. head legs 12 and in addition are further secured thereto and strengthened by means of brace bars 27 (Fig. 3) secured to said bar 26 and to said legs 12. The upper portions of the head legs 12 are bent inwardly and at their upper ends are secured to the outer ends of the side rails 10; and the lower portions of said head legs are vertical. The bar 26 is secured to the head legs 12 just below the inwardly bent portions of said legs, said bar thus being freely exposed'to receive and co-.

operate with the toothed bars 23. The bar 916 and the lower portions of the head legs 12 stand outwardly from the vertical plane of the ends of the side rails 10, as shown in Fig. l. The toothed bars 23 have their lower;

ends bent outwardly, as at 28. these outwardly bent portions serving as stops to prevent the bars 28 from beingv withdrawn rearwardly from between the head legs 12.

When the head section ,17 is in its horizontal position, the bars 23 project inwardly and rest upon the bar 26, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when'it is de s red to incline the head section 17, said sec 'tion is pulled upwardly and the bars 23 slide along the bar 26 and finally when the head section has reached its desired position it will there be held by the engagement of the proper teeth of the bars 23 with said 7 rod 26, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and also in Fig. The head section 17 may be given various adjustments and in its several positions' it willbe very securely supported by the bars 23 and bar 26.

The bed of my invention is durable, convenient of manufacture and comfortable in use.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1.,A couch bed having a body portion comprising side rails, a foot end rail, foot supporting-legs and head supporting legs which are-bent inwardly at their upper portions andsecured to the head-ends of said side; rails, a head section comprising side rails and end rail and pivotally secured to the side rails of the said body portion inwardly from the head supporting legs, a

bar connecting the said head legs adjacent to the lower ends of the inwardly bent por- Goples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. G.

tions of said legs, ratchet bars pivoted to' .opposlte sides of said head section and c011 nected together by a bar andadapted to engage thesaid bar which connects'thehead legs, and a transverse downwardly bowed rod connecting the side rails of said body [portion at the place where the head section is pivoted thereto, the bed between the said rod and the said barconnecting said headlegs being ventirely open.

2. A couch bed having a body portion comprising side rails, a foot end rail, foot supporting legs and head supporting legs which are bent inwardly at their upper portion'szand secured to the head-ends of said side rails, a head section comprising; side rails and end'rail and .pivotally secured: to the side rails of the said body portion inwardly from the head supporting'legs, a

bar connecting 'the'said head legs adjacent to the lower ends of the inwardly bent portions of said legs, and ratchet barspivoted to opposite sides of said head section and connected together by a bar and adapted to engage thesaid bar which connects the head legs, said ratchet bars being deflected in New York and State of New York, this 17th day of January, A. D. 1916. r JUDSON L. MCKELLAR. Witnesses: I

ARTHUR MAnIoN, CHAS. C. GILL;

the Commissioner of Iiztents, 

